USS Aegir
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USS Aegir (AS-23) was the lead ship of the Aegir-class submarine tender in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Aegir (AS-23) underway in US coastal waters c. late 1944. US National Archives photo # 19-N-71738, RG-19 LCM, a US navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. | |
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Name | Aegir |
Namesake | Aegir |
Ordered | as type (C3-S-A2) hull, MC hull 856 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 31 March 1943, |
Launched | 15 September 1943 |
Acquired | 20 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 November 1943 (reduced commission) |
Decommissioned | 3 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 8 September 1944 (full commission) |
Decommissioned | 18 October 1946 |
Stricken | 1 June 1971 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 16 May 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aegir-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 16,500 long tons (16,800 t) (full) |
Length | 492 ft 6 in (150.11 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 18.4 kn (34.1 km/h; 21.2 mph) |
Complement | 82 Officers 1,378 Enlisted |
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